2000 Rhein Fire season

2000 Rhein Fire season
Head coach	Galen Hall
General manager	Alexander Leibkind
Home field	Rheinstadion
Results
Record	7–3
Division place	1st
Playoff finish	World Bowl 2000 champion

The 2000 Rhein Fire season was the sixth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall in his sixth year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses, qualifying for the league final for the third time in four years. Rhein won the second championship in team history by defeating the Scottish Claymores 13–10 in World Bowl 2000.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2000 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	4	Rome Douglas	T	Southern California
2	10	Michael Early	C	Norfolk State
3	15	Terrance Joseph	S	Tulsa
4	22	Everett Burnett	WR	Kansas State
5	27	Pepe Pearson	RB	Ohio State
6	34	Daniel Jones	WR	Utah
7	39	Stephen Fisher	CB	North Carolina
8	46	Dan Collins	G	Boston College
9	51	Derrick Steagall	WR	Georgia Tech
10	58	Thomas Guynes	T	Michigan
11	63	Dusty Renfro	LB	Texas
12	70	Kevin Cooper	WR	Mississippi State
13	75	William Carr	DT	Michigan
14	82	Tim Martin	DE	Tulsa
15	87	Matthew Hickl	S	Texas A&M-Kingville
16	94	Mark Smith	LB	Arkansas
17	99	Scott Whittaker	T	Kansas
18	106	Nakia Reddick	S	Central Florida
19	111	Kevin Drake	WR	Alabama-Birmingham
20	118	James Clyburn	DT	North Carolina A&T

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Personnel

Staff

2000 Rhein Fire staff

Front office

General Manager – Alexander Leibkind

Head coaches

Head Coach/Running Backs – Galen Hall

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Bart Andrus
Wide Receivers – Mike Jones
Offensive Line – Whitey Jordan

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Pete Kuharchek
National Coach/Defensive Line – Walter Rohlfing
Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Jeff Reinebold

Roster

2000 Rhein Fire roster

Quarterbacks

8 Matt Lytle
7 Danny Wuerffel

Running backs

25 Ontiwaun Carter
43 Derrick Clark
28 Carl McCullough
20 Pepe Pearson

Wide receivers

86 Kevin Drake
1 Alonzo Johnson
5 Daniel Jones
18 Kendrick Nord
84 Jeff Ogden

Tight ends

85 Lawrence Hart
87 Ryan Neufeld

Offensive linemen

77 Ben Adams G
67 Chris Brymer C
66 Dan Collins T
63 Michael Early C
75 Craig Heimburger G
79 Ben Nichols G/T
73 Pete Swanson T
78 Scott Whittaker T

Defensive linemen

69 Ken Anderson DT
98 Ernie Brown DT
95 Marques Douglas DT
99 Larry Fitzpatrick DE
71 Derrick Ham DE
91 Carl Powell DE

Linebackers

53 Jamie Baisley MLB
58 Vincent Bradford
59 Kendell Ogle OLB
57 Dusty Renfro OLB

Defensive backs

29 Chris Akins S
33 Nick Ferguson S
35 Stephen Fisher CB
30 Derrick Gardner CB
40 Matthew Hickl S
36 Deshone Mallard CB
44 Anthony Mitchell S

Special teams

13 Peter Elezovic K
12 Danny Kight K
2 Rodney Williams P

National players

10 Manfred Burgsmüller K
50 Anthony Doghmi LB
23 Sascha Gehloff DB
45 Wolfgang Hatzky RB
72 Bastian Lano DL
81 Kai-Erik Lyck WR
21 Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo RB
55 Dusty Pearce LB

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
1	Saturday, April 15	7:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	W 28–17	1–0	Rheinstadion	28,924
2	Saturday, April 22	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 20–23 ^OT	1–1	Amsterdam ArenA	13,285
3	Saturday, April 29	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 34–27	2–1	Rheinstadion	43,129
4	Saturday, May 6	7:00 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	W 18–7	3–1	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	21,200
5	Saturday, May 13	7:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	W 22–10	4–1	Rheinstadion	30,537
6	Sunday, May 21	3:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	L 21–25 ^OT	4–2	Jahn-Sportpark	10,273
7	Saturday, May 27	7:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	W 28–27	5–2	Rheinstadion	33,437
8	Sunday, June 4	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	W 53–14	6–2	Waldstadion	41,351
9	Saturday, June 10	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	L 24–31	6–3	Hampden Park	10,196
10	Sunday, June 18	7:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 31–28	7–3	Rheinstadion	37,113
World Bowl 2000
11	Sunday, June 25	7:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	W 13–10	8–3	Waldstadion	35,860

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Rhein Fire	7	3	0	.700	279	209	5–0	2–3	W1
Scottish Claymores	6	4	0	.600	273	165	4–1	2–3	L1
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	194	212	2–3	3–2	W1
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	206	243	3–2	1–4	L3
Frankfurt Galaxy	4	6	0	.400	206	269	1–4	3–2	W2
Berlin Thunder	4	6	0	.400	189	249	3–2	1–4	L1

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Game summaries

World Bowl 2000

Main article: World Bowl 2000

World Bowl 2000: Rhein Fire vs Scottish Claymores – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	3	3	0	7	13
Scotland	7	3	0	0	10

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Sunday, June 25
Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy
Game attendance: 35,860
Referee: Bill Leavy
TV announcers (FOX): Sam Rosen and Bill Maas

Game information

First quarter

Rhein – 21-yard field goal by Manfred Burgsmüller, 9:48.
Scotland – Aaron Stecker 36-yard touchdown run, Rob Hart kick good, 8:38.

Second quarter

Scotland – 32-yard field goal by Rob Hart, 9:03.
Rhein – 23-yard field goal by Manfred Burgsmüller, 4:59.

Third quarter

No scoring.

Fourth quarter

Rhein – Pepe Pearson 1-yard touchdown run, Manfred Burgsmüller kick good, 1:12.

Leading passers

Rhein – Danny Wuerffel – 12/30, 90 yards, 2 interceptions.
Scotland – Kevin Daft – 16/29, 177 yards, 1 interception.

Leading rushers

Rhein – Pepe Pearson – 14 rushes, 61 yards, 1 touchdown.
Scotland – Aaron Stecker – 13 rushes, 92 yards, 1 touchdown.

Leading receivers

Rhein – Jeff Ogden – 3 receptions, 26 yards.
Scotland – Donald Sellers – 4 receptions, 56 yards.

Notes

↑ All times local to where the game was played.

References

↑ "NFL Europe Draft List". SI.com. February 24, 2000. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
↑ "2000 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2013.

Rhein Fire

Founded in 1995 Folded in 2007 Based in Düsseldorf, Germany

The Franchise	Franchise Coaches

Stadiums	Rheinstadion Arena AufSchalke LTU arena

Head coaches	Galen Hall Pete Kuharchek Jim Tomsula Rick Lantz

World Bowl appearances (5)	'97 '98 2000 X XI

League championships (2)	1998 2000

Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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